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the seemingly obligatory bike!
left to right - tos fnk25 mill, harrison m300 lathe, bridgeport interact 1 mk2 vertical cnc. the ceiling is actually a mezzanine we made which covers half the floor area of the workshop. this is great for storage, but it seems to be full of random 'stuff'
compressor, saw and mig welder/plasma cutter. all on wheels - i find this very handy. i can move things around really easily.
the meddings table was given to us by my brothers father in law. it is an old pillar drill base i think. it is very handy for bolting things to for welding and so on, it has slots in the table like the mill. tig welder under the cover
table on wheels with stainless sheet top. handy table, but like any horizontal surface, it collects too much stuff
trimos vertical heightgauge on granite table. i used to use one of these in a previous life and i looked for one on ebay for years until this one came up for sensible money
bench with proper english made record vice. (later ones are rubbish!) made the frame for the bench out of 2" box 1/8" wall thickness. the vice bolts onto some cross pieces welded onto the frame. the top is a bit of cheapo kitchen surface chipboard from the local diy shop. the idea is when/if it gets a bit manky, we can go and get another bit really cheap and screw it on again.
the seemingly obligatory bike!
left to right - tos fnk25 mill, harrison m300 lathe, bridgeport interact 1 mk2 vertical cnc. the ceiling is actually a mezzanine we made which covers half the floor area of the workshop. this is great for storage, but it seems to be full of random 'stuff'
compressor, saw and mig welder/plasma cutter. all on wheels - i find this very handy. i can move things around really easily.
the meddings table was given to us by my brothers father in law. it is an old pillar drill base i think. it is very handy for bolting things to for welding and so on, it has slots in the table like the mill. tig welder under the cover
table on wheels with stainless sheet top. handy table, but like any horizontal surface, it collects too much stuff
trimos vertical heightgauge on granite table. i used to use one of these in a previous life and i looked for one on ebay for years until this one came up for sensible money
bench with proper english made record vice. (later ones are rubbish!) made the frame for the bench out of 2" box 1/8" wall thickness. the vice bolts onto some cross pieces welded onto the frame. the top is a bit of cheapo kitchen surface chipboard from the local diy shop. the idea is when/if it gets a bit manky, we can go and get another bit really cheap and screw it on again.
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Nice shop, Jaime. Love that you have a Trimos. I used to run one every day at one of my previous employers. That looks like the older style. We had both the old style and I bought a new one too. About half the inspection dept loved the old one best.. Wish I had one. Instead, I have a Tesa-Hite. Want to trade? 
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Nothing wrong with a countertop on a bench. Good idea for easy cleanup and cheap replacement when it gets "used up".
)Nothing wrong with a countertop on a bench. Good idea for easy cleanup and cheap replacement when it gets "used up".
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..... the top is a bit of cheapo kitchen surface chipboard from the local diy shop. the idea is when/if it gets a bit manky, we can go and get another bit really cheap and screw it on again.
Do you have a "kitchen orientated" cabinet maker local to you? I have 2 small to medium sized firms, one around 8 employees and the other about 20. They often have off cuts, and "mistakes" of kitchen tops for sale pretty cheap. This is the 32mm MDF. Usually got a laminate finish on it. That stuff is pretty robust and durable. Can be a bit slippery depending on the texture but a quick rub with the belt sander soon fixes that up.
Cheers Phil
Hi Guys,
Greetings from across the pond; please put me out of my misery, how the heck do you guys manage to have all that land & space for your workshops? :thinking: I consider myself lucky to have a single garage that I have managed to convert just recently.I s'pose having 3000 miles from one side of your continent to other helps, here in the good ol' mother country wherever you stand you can reach the coast within a 90 mile radius :whistle: , never mind Ce La Vie !
Have attached my contribution to this thread re workshops; provided I get the jpegs uploaded ok, after all I am a silver surfer :whistle: & having just retired have not started any projects ...yet! :holdphone: will update as I go along & keep you posted ..if you're interested ?
Cheers
George
Greetings from across the pond; please put me out of my misery, how the heck do you guys manage to have all that land & space for your workshops? :thinking: I consider myself lucky to have a single garage that I have managed to convert just recently.I s'pose having 3000 miles from one side of your continent to other helps, here in the good ol' mother country wherever you stand you can reach the coast within a 90 mile radius :whistle: , never mind Ce La Vie !
Have attached my contribution to this thread re workshops; provided I get the jpegs uploaded ok, after all I am a silver surfer :whistle: & having just retired have not started any projects ...yet! :holdphone: will update as I go along & keep you posted ..if you're interested ?
Cheers
George
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Very nice mekanix!
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Update:
Having done a bit more I thought I would post a couple more pics, I recently redid the worktops to reflect light a lot better & also purchased a bandsaw to complement my tooling..slowly, slowly catchee monkee as the adage goes eh! I have attempted to insulate the garage door against the oncoming winter, must admit at the moment it looks like cr*p as it's loft isulation onto a roller door so have got to allow for the panels bending when door needs opening but it seems effective so far.. :thinking:..am thinking of changing it for Celotex/Kingspan (dunno what you guys call it in the US?) panels with loft insulation in betweeen to allow for the bending.
Cheers
George
Update:
Having done a bit more I thought I would post a couple more pics, I recently redid the worktops to reflect light a lot better & also purchased a bandsaw to complement my tooling..slowly, slowly catchee monkee as the adage goes eh! I have attempted to insulate the garage door against the oncoming winter, must admit at the moment it looks like cr*p as it's loft isulation onto a roller door so have got to allow for the panels bending when door needs opening but it seems effective so far.. :thinking:..am thinking of changing it for Celotex/Kingspan (dunno what you guys call it in the US?) panels with loft insulation in betweeen to allow for the bending.
Cheers
George
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very nicely organized. way too clean and neat. how could you do any work in there ? stuff is too easy for find. that would be no fun makde chips, swarf, dust, anything to mess it up a bit. good idea for hte garage doors. i stapled styrofoam on mine prior to buying new insulated doors. what a difference it makes. . .. keep the pix coming.
makde chips, swarf, dust, anything to mess it up a bit. good idea for hte garage doors. i stapled styrofoam on mine prior to buying new insulated doors. what a difference it makes. . .. keep the pix coming.